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Impacts 1
List the major subdivisions of th...,
Relative time scale between the t...,
Describe the concept of a biosphe...
31
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Impacts 2
What defines a mass extinction 1,
What is a species 2,
Ordovician extinction 3
19
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Impacts 3
What went extinct in k pg extinct...,
Evidence used to support impact t...,
Describe location and nature of k...
16
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Impacts 4
Meteoroids 1,
Bolides 2,
Asteroids 3
37
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Fragile Systems 1
Define disaster 1,
What is abundant in earth s core 2,
What is abundant in earth s crust 3
25
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Storms 1
Thunderstorm hazards 1,
Hurricane hazards 2,
In a lightning strike what does t...
57
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Storms 2
What is a remote sensor 1,
What are some remote sensors that...,
What do radars see 3
40
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Storms 3
Difference between funnel cloud v...,
True or false shape is dependent ...,
Do invisible tornadoes exist 3
45
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Storms 4
Where are mammatus clouds 1,
What are winds 2,
Moisture advection 3
39
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Storms 5
What is the hurricane eye wall 1,
For a hurricane to fuel itself it...,
To form and strengthen where must...
55
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Waves 1
What is a wave 1,
Ocean waves are generated by __ o...,
The net water motion of ocean wav...
53
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Waves 2
Sea state is the ___ at sea 1,
What three things are needed to g...,
Long fetch 3
32
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Waves 3
What is a tsunami 1,
Tsunami can be caused by what eve...,
What does the energy released by ...
32
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Waves 4
In the open ocean waves become un...,
Waves approaching shore will turn...,
Shallow water waves will break wh...
19
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Waves 5
Are coastlines temporary 1,
Groins 2,
Label a and b as erosion or depos...
19
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Earthquakes 1
What is an earthquake 1,
___ are responsible for most eqs ...,
Name the three components of the ...
37
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Earthquakes 2
List and describe the three main ...,
What are the 3 types of plate bou...,
Faults are 3
36
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Earthquakes 3
Elastic rebound theory 1,
What theory describes how earthqu...,
Describe the processes of plates ...
37
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Earthquakes 4
List 5 hazards related to earthqu...,
Which direction of shaking damage...,
Why are ground conditions importa...
27
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Earthquakes 5
Identify location and type of tec...,
List and describe modern and hist...,
Prediction vs forecast 3
42
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Landslides 1
What is mass wasting 1,
Why are reported landslide fatali...,
Turtle mountain 3
22
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Landslides 2
Does the scarp tell us about what...,
What is the angle of repose 2,
Driving force in slope stability 3
35
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Landslides 3
How can liquefaction landslides d...,
What are internal causes 2,
What are three internal causes of...
22
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Landslides 4
Relate the type of landslide dama...,
Identify signs of an unstable slo...,
Landslide disaster scale is called 3
31
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Volcanoes 1
2 ways we study volcanoes 1,
What is magma 2,
What is lava 3
15
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Volcanoes 2
What is the most important factor...,
Extrusive or volcanic rocks cool ...,
Intrusive or plutonic rocks cool ...
48
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Volcanoes 3
Name the four main types of volca...,
True or false diff types of volca...,
Which type of volcano can cause c...
35
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Volcanoes 4
Mafic explosivity characteristics 1,
Felsic explosivity characteristics 2,
Is mafic or felsic eruptions dang...
45
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Volcanoes 5
Volcanic hazard 1,
Volcanic risk 2,
How do we calculate risk 3
22
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Fragile Systems II
Which wave hazard is most affecte...,
Which hazard is least affected by...,
Impacts of warming waves 3
7
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